Background
Born on 27 January 1820 in Rutland Street, Leicester, he was second son of Charles Inman, a partner in Pickford"s carrying company, and later director of the Bank of Liverpool. William Inman was his younger brother.
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Thomas Inman
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Education
Thomas went to school at Wakefield, and in 1836 was apprenticed to his uncle, Richard Inman, Doctor of Medicine, at Preston, Lancashire. He entered King"s College, London, where he graduated Bachelor of Medicine in 1842 and Doctor of Medicine
Career
In his lifetime he had numerous medical papers published. In it he elucidated the origins of common symbols, some of them medical. Many of the symbols he discusses are in use today.
In 1844 at the University of London.
Declining a commission as an army surgeon, Inman settled in Liverpool as house-surgeon to the Royal Infirmary. He obtained a good practice as a physician, and was for many years physician to the Royal Infirmary.
In 1871 he gave up practice and retired to Clifton, near Bristol, where he died on 3 May 1876. He was a man of handsome presence, and his genial temperament made him generally popular.
